Antonio Vivaldi is a famous Italian Baroque composer, known by most Suzuki violin students who study his concertos or by audiences around the world who have heard and loved his composition of the Four Seasons. Having grown up as students of the Suzuki Violin Method, we recognize this composer and have experience performing his pieces. In addition to his numerous concertos written for solo violin, Vivaldi composed many concertos intended to be performed by two solo violins, accompanied by a small orchestra. Since we are both violinists, we chose to analyze the second movement of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor, RV 522, included in his works L'Estro Armonico. According to Michael Talbot, of Grove Music, as well as the liner notes from the classical music CD Analekta, Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 to Giovanni Battista and Camilla Calicchio. Giovanni made a lucrative living as a skilled violinist and became Vivaldi's primary teacher from an early age. The eldest of nine children, Vivaldi pioneered the study of music and became the most musical of his brothers. Vivaldi spent a lot of time learning and preparing to be ordained as a priest. In 1703 he was ordained a priest, but resigned after just a year due to his obvious medical limitations (Heller 38-40). Throughout his life Vivaldi struggled with the effects of bronchial asthma and was unable to play wind instruments. Although his asthma was a real problem, there is some doubt about the real reason for his resignation. He was often said to leave a mass when inspired by new musical ideas. After serving as a priest, Vivaldi was hired by the Ospedale della Pietà, one of four learning institutions intended for orphans, abandoning...... middle of paper ....... "Antonio Vivaldi: An Informative Biography detailed. "BAROQUE MUSIC PAGE: Biographies, Images, Musical Samples. Network. April 12, 2011. .Heller, Karl. Antonio Vivaldi: The red priest of Venice. Translated by David Marinelli. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1997. 38-40. Print.HOASM. "VIVALDI: L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3." HOASM: Here Of A Sunday Morning Early Music Sundays on WBAI 99.5FM in New York. Network. 12 April 2011. "The Armonic inspiration." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Network. April 12, 2011. .Talbot, Michael. "Vivaldi, Antonio." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. April 13, 2011. (Grove Music counts as a source for the book.)